Top business stories of 2012

Eurozone crisis: The debt crisis engulfing the eurozone continued to fester in 2012. Speculation mounted over whether Spain would need a bailout while protests against painful austerity measures swept its streets. Greece finally secured its much-needed latest tranche of bailout funds in December, which will help the country pay back its debts and support its banks. Mario Draghi brought out his big bazooka to try to tackle the crisis once and for all, announcing in September that the European Central Bank would launch an unlimited bond-buying programme that would backstop eurozone countries. However, markets were not appeased for long.Picture: EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU